Serious Fraud Office to investigate firm’s Somali oil contract bidAugust 4, 2015 // 4 CommentsSoma Oil and Gas, which is chaired by Lord Howard of the Conservative party, was involved in a transaction with a Somali [...]
US oil price dips 4%August 4, 2015 // 3 CommentsBrent crude dipped to a six-month low of US$50 a barrel on Monday. It sank by 4 % or US$1.95 to settle at US$45.17 a barrel, [...]
Petronas shelves 14 oil rigs to cut costAugust 3, 2015 // 3 CommentsIn order to remain strog despite the slump in oil price, Malaysian oil company Petronas has decided to shelve 14 out of its [...]
Kaduna refinery kick starts productionAugust 3, 2015 // 6 CommentsThe Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) began production recently, refining about 60,000 barrels of crude per [...]
Iranian oil output jolts to 1m barrels per day as sanctions liftAugust 3, 2015 // 3 CommentsDUBAI – Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said yesterday that Iran’s oil output is expected to increase by 500,000 barrels [...]
OPEC chief: oil price won’t fall lowerJuly 31, 2015 // 1 CommentThe increasing demand of oil price and decreasing production mean that oil prices will not get lower, OPEC Secretary General [...]
U.S. Senate seeks to lift ban of crude oil exports; face oppositionJuly 31, 2015 // 5 CommentsThe U.S. Senate Energy Committee is seeking to lift a ban on crude oil exports but face opposition from getting it passed by [...]
Shell and Cenovus reduce jobs and spendingJuly 31, 2015 // 1 CommentCALGARY –Shell and Cenovus are slashing more jobs as the companies see low second quarter earnings. At Cenovus Energy Inc, [...]
Oil slumps for Asian countriesJuly 30, 2015 // 2 CommentsSINGAPORE – The price of oil in Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia has hit multi-year lows. This comes amidst low demand for [...]
BP loses US$5.8 billion in Gulf of Mexico oil spillJuly 30, 2015 // 2 CommentsBP reported a loss of US$5.8 billion in its second quarter following a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The [...]